House Democrats just passed their massive voting rights bill HR 1 msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Congress could start a push for universal background check legislation as soon as this month.
Democrats control the House, Senate, and White House, making passage more likely than in past years.
But it will be a tougher fight for passage in the Senate, where Republicans can still filibuster.
A small troop of House Democrats marched across the Capitol on November 20, 2019, to GOP leader Mitch McConnell s office. They demanded the passage of HR 8, otherwise known as the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, joined by fellow Democrats, the bill s lead sponsor Rep. Mike Thompson of California, anti-gun violence activist Rep. Lucy McBath of Georgia, and several others carried a large sign demanding then-Majority Leader McConnell take up the bill. The measure had passed the House that February only to languish for more than 260 days with no action from the Senate.
Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) said Thursday on MSNBC during a break of the Senate impeachment trial that the deadly Capitol riots happened in part because Republican senators did not convict Donald Trump during the first impeachment. | Clips